Just testing the extent of your power, it's fine.

只是看看自己的能耐有多大 没关系的

Actually, it's more of a desperate need for attention.

实际上更像是极度渴望他人注意的行为

Lincoln speaks from the north portico of the White House.

在白宫北门廊发表演讲

and to provide light by which to read.

也好让他看清演讲稿上的字

...and I read something rather odd about a bit of rare magic.

了解到一种罕见的魔法

It's called, as I understand it...

是这样的...

and trying to make a case and give some examples

并且想用一些例子来证明

certain aspects of how the mind works.

心理的一些功能究竟是怎样运作的

and their nicknames were the pieds-noirs, the black feet.

昵称是pieds-noirs 意为黒脚

sometimes they were called black feet because of the boots that the

但是他们被称为黒脚有时是因为

but I think it has to do with a vague understanding

但我认为它与一种模糊的概念有关

or almost fulfillment.

或基本满足